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DEVICE FOR DBTACHING HORSES.

Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

INGVALD ANDREAS LAURITZ LYSGARD, OF BERGEN, NORWAY.

DEVICE FOR DETACHING HORSES.

SPECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,355, dated October 28, 1890. Application filed August 16, 1890. Serial No. 362,243. (No model.) Patented in Norway April 16, 1890, No, 1,604.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, INGVALD ANDREAS LAU- RITZ LYsGliRD, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Bergen, in the Kingdom of Norway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Safety Arrangement on Carriages, (for which I have obtained a patent in Norway, dated April16, 1890, No. 1,604,)

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for releasing runaway horses from their vehicles and for stopping such vehicles. By means of the improved apparatus a person occupying a vehicle can instantly release the horses from the same when they bolt or cannot be controlled by means of the reins.

This apparatus consists, essentially, of a device for separating the traces from the swing-bar, a device for disconnecting the pole or shaft, and a device for setting the brake in action.

In the accompanying drawings my improved apparatus is represented in its general arrangement and in its details.

Figure 1 shows a side View of the same, in which the several mechanisms are so arranged that the carriage can move. Fig. 2 is a rear. view showing the axle of the wheel with the brake-blocks and brakes. The dotted lines show the brakes after they have turned down. Fig. 3 is a section through the axle of the wheels, and Figs. 4 and 5 show two views of the apparatus for detaching the horses. Figs. 6 and 7 are details.

The handle provided at the upper end of the cord a is not shown, nor the cord designed for the use of the persons sitting in the carriage, as both the handle and cord can be arranged in any suitable manner, according to the construction of the carriage. The said apparatus has to effect the separation of the traces from the swing-bars, the disconnection of the pole or shaft, and the operation of the brake. It possesses for each of these operations a special mechanism. The mechanism for separating the traces from the swing-bars co mprises the cord B, the key g, which is connected with the same, its bent ends extending around the frame m, against which it is pressed through the medium of the spring 2, and the frame m, which, in conjunction with the fittings on the spring-bar f, the support '11,, and the spring '5, holds the spring-bar f in a normal position. The pole or shaftF is carried by a socket attached to the running gear, Figs. 1 and 2. This socket consists of the frame-piece D, to one arm of which is loosely pivoted the rod 6, which carries the lockingbar a, pivoted upon it. The bar 0 effects'the locking of the rocket by means of its nose (1, which engages with the piece h, secured to the other side D of the socket, inwhich position it is held by the spring 1), Figs. 1 and 2. A key a. is made hook-shaped, Fig. 7, and is adapted to fill a recess a, formed in the bar 0, its hook taking behind the bar. To this key a is fixed the cord 0.

The mechanism for setting the brake in action is attached to the axle, and comprises the keys 1" 7', connected with the cord P and fixed to the levers o 0, the levers 0 0, the arms 19 p, which extend below the rods 12. n, carrying each two bolts N N, and the brakes G and H, provided with the rods II, whichbear upon the bolt N N, passing through the plates M M, and hold the brakes G and H in their normal position of rest, as shown by the full lines in Fig. 1.

When the cord at, Fig. 1,is pulled, thelower part of the key 9, which is connected with B, is raised, the upper bent ends a: a: of this key extending over the frames m and below the spring 1'. By this means the spring 2' is raised, and the frame m, which holds the swing-bar f, is pulled rearwardly.- The swing-bar can now fall to the front, and as the draw-bars 7a are fixed to the latter they are also turned over, so that the traces will be liberated. When the horses pull the traces, the draw-bar k is turned forward and the traces slip from them, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The fittings at the ends of the traces are prevented from being detached by an arm which extends below the extremities of the swing-bar to slip from the pins as long as the position is vertical. When, however, the draw-bars turn over to the front, the fitting slips ofif easily and the traces are severed from the carriage. Be-

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tween the bent parts w of the key, Fig. 6,

which rests above the frame m, is provided a cross-banwithwhich the spring engages. On pulling the cord 0 the key a, taking behind the upper end of the bar 0, is pulled rearward, whereby the spring I) is raised and the bar 0 is drawn to the rear. When the hook d of the bar 0, which carries the pole by means of a cross-bar c, has cleared frame-piece h, the said bar 0, the cross-bar e, and the pole F, resting thereon, will drop. As soon as the latter has fallen out, the vehicle, which at the same time is caused to stop by the descending brake, cannot be moved any farther by the horses. The spring I) is fixed to D by a bolt 1) and is bent behind the bar 0, in order to prevent this bar from falling rearwardly of its own accord. In the socket are provided two iron bars E, between which the pole is to be placed. Upon pulling the cord P, the spring u, which takes below the bent piece 4;, fixed to the axle R, is raised by means of the cord P and the key '1', so that the ends of the lever 0 can move upward without hinderance. The said ends are pulled upward by the key 19, and as they are pivoted to the journals s the other arms p are pulled inward.

' Owing to this action, the bolts N, which extend through the plates M and carry the supporting-arms, are also pulled inward. The arms will therefore lose their hold and drop down aud with them the brakes G and H, as shown in Fig. 1. The arm G prevents the carriage from moving backward, and the armH holds it back in the forward movement. The lowest parts of the brakes form feet, the points of which are placed beside the wheel when the brakes fall to the ground, the heels projecting to the front, Fig. 1. In the falling of the brakes their greatest surface must be pressed into the way of the vehicle and the latter will be raised. Under this pressure the brakes will at once cause the carriage to stop. If now the cord A is pulled, the above-described three keys are moved, and the traces are severed from the swing-bars, inasmuch as these turn over to the front. The pole and the brakes will then drop down, so that the horses will be released from the carriage,

which will at the same time be stopped.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent, 1s

An apparatus for rapidly releasing horses from their vehicles and immediately applying the brake to such vehicles, in which by pulling a cord the pole is separated from the vehicle, the traces are severed, and the brakes are applied, characterized by (a) the swingbarf, pivoted to the socket of the pole, which bar carries the draw-bar, and is held by the frame m and spring 2' in a vertical position as long as the key g is between the said spring 1' and frame m; (b) the pole or shaft socket D, which is open below and, in conjunction with the bar 0 and the cross-bar 6, holds the pole f as long as the said bar engages with the piece h, but severs the pole from the vehicle as soon as by a pull the bar a is caused to drop from the key a; (c) the pivoted brakelevers G and H, which are held by the arms I I in ahorizontal position as long as the latter are supported by the bolts N, but fall down and stop the fore wheels on the removal of the key n, which moves the lever 0, and thereby draws the bolt N inwardly.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' INGVALD ANDREAS LAURITZ LYSGARD.

Witnesses:

CHRIS PRoLM, Sr., J OHANNES Sronorrn. 

